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A Bit on Biblical Context and My Opinions and Choices

Each verse in the Bible has a greater context around it. Each chapter in the Bible has a greater context around it. Each book in the Bible has a greater context around it. If you don't take the whole context into context, you're very likely to miss important truths...

Alabaster and Spikenard

In Mark 14:3-9, we see a woman displaying an act of full and pure devotion for Jesus. I'm quite familiar with this account, but recently in church I learned more details about why this was such a big deal. I did a little Internet searching on my own and learned a few...

Advice from Pastors

I've gone through some older notes I've kept from sermons years ago. I've chosen a few phrases for some helpful advice. You're not special, you're unique. Unity in church comes when we stop thinking of ourselves as special and start thinking of ourselves as being...

More Fun

Looking after children during the day, Sunday School, or Vacation Bible School, sometimes it's time stop doing one thing so we can do another. It's just as fun if not more, but sometimes a child gets sad and doesn't want to stop their current activity. But there's...

God in a Box

Many people put God in a box and take Him out for church. Maybe they take Him out at some other time when they feel in desperate need. But you can't put God in a box. When you open the box, God is not there. The thing you're actually putting in the box is your idea of...

What Is Love?

Love can be a nebulous word that we just throw around sometimes. Because English only has one word for it, sometimes we confuse the different kinds of love, and even use the word love for things that are not love. Love is not something you fall into or out of. You can...

Glorious Contradictions

While thinking about what to write today, I came across some notes from a sermon years ago. The Glorious Contradictions of the Wondrous Cross: Immortality and Death Love and Sorrow Innocence and Punishment Power and Weakness When Jesus died on the cross for our sins,...

Faith and Hope

Faith is like hoisting the sails when there is no wind, expecting wind to blow. Hope is like the anchor to hold the ship in place through a storm. Faith is when a child jumps into a father's arms, knowing their father with catch them. Hope is the life-preserver God...

Strikes Me Interesting – Patriotism and Loyalty

I have recently found it interesting that many humans are quite patriotic, holding strong loyalty to their home countries and peoples. This isn't necessarily bad, I just find it interesting that so many people from so many places have this tendency. I think it's...